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TEDxABQSalon | Bold Advances in Healthcare In this 2019 healthcare salon, TEDxABQ brings together bright minds with innovative ideas in the fields of medicine and healthcare. Our speakers from science, business and academia - both physician and patient - will explore the shifts in the system and give talks that will inspire, educate and provoke meaningful conversations.
When
Tuesday November 5, 2019
From 6pm to 8pm
Where
Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education
1001 Stanford Drive NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Logistics
Free Parking after 5pm
Refreshments will be served 5-6pm
Doors Open
at 5pm
The Speakers
Angelica Bruhnke
Angelica Bruhnke is the Chief Executive Officer at Versatile MED Analytics, a healthcare analytics company, created with the mission to improve visibility, trust, collaboration, and patient care — through the sharing of information and ideas. As CEO, she uses her dedication to healthcare innovation and commitment to execution and efficiency to run Versatile MED’s operations and growth strategy.
Angelica brings a passion to put actionable analytics into the hands of healthcare leaders to drive clinical and financial improvements. Drawing on her education and experience in finance and advanced analytic tools, principles, and methodologies, she provides analytic strategy to further Versatile MED’s quest in empowering clients to become data-driven organizations. Over the last 14 years, her support across health plans and delivery systems has ranged from providing data-driven opportunity identification, recommendations for implementing data-driven clinical and operational initiatives, implementing benchmarking used in gauging organizational performance, developing self-service programmatic solutions to manual processes and training users on utilizing enterprise-wide technical solutions.
She holds a Master of Science in Analytics with a concentration in Healthcare from Dakota State University and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of New Mexico.
When she isn’t working, Angelica is a horror aficionado, Chicago Bears fanatic, and enjoys reading, writing, spending time with her human/canine family, and test driving new recipes in her kitchen.
Dr. Stephen Coleman
Dr. Stephen Coleman is a leader in the field of laser vision correction. He performed the first FDA approved laser procedure in New Mexico to correct nearsightedness on June 14th, 1996.
Dr. Coleman graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. and completed advanced, specialized training in surgery of the eye at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in New York City, the primary teaching institution for New York Medical College. He is among the handful of surgeons in the country selected to teach FDA certification courses to other doctors on the VISX STAR laser platform. Dr. Coleman has been the Principal Investigator on 19 FDA clinical trials evaluating laser profiles, has written extensively on laser-related topics, and frequently makes presentations both nationally and internationally regarding all areas of LASIK.
While serving four years as a flight surgeon in Europe, Dr. Coleman was the recipient of 10 prestigious honors including the Bronze Star and Air Medal for flying in combat. He worked directly with the Ophthalmologic Consultant to the Surgeon General on an Army-wide investigation into the use of contact lenses by nearsighted pilots flying Apache attack helicopters. Dr. Coleman has delivered medical care in such diverse destinations as Thailand and Cambodia and performed eye surgery at the world’s largest non-profit hospital, the Aravind Eye Hospital, located in southern India.
Dr. Coleman performs individualized wavefront-guided LASIK using the iLASIK™ laser suite. This platform combines the VISX STAR S4™ excimer laser using Iris Recognition and 3-dimensional eye-tracking technology with the 150 kHZ iFS™ femtosecond flap maker. Since May of 2002 Dr. Coleman has been part of an on-going FDA evaluations of wavefront-guided laser profiles along with such world-renowned eye institutions as Johns Hopkins, the University of Miami, and Baylor University. He was instrumental in gaining the initial FDA approval for this technology.
Dr. Coleman is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a fellow in the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a founding member of the American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery.
Stefany Goradia
Stefany Goradia is Co-founder and Data & Informatics Officer of Versatile MED Analytics, a rapidly growing healthcare analytics and business intelligence startup headquartered in Albuquerque, NM. She is responsible for the organization’s data tools and analytics development, as well as overseeing the technical component of product and services delivery.
Ms. Goradia helps healthcare leaders get insights across their endless sources of information – so they can stop wasting resources on expensive tech that doesn’t have the impact promised, eliminate guesswork from strategic decision making, and become truly data-driven. Formerly, Ms. Goradia held various analytics consulting and technical roles at healthcare organizations such as Molina Healthcare, Health Care Services Corporation, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and the State of New Mexico, where she heavily supported business intelligence and data-driven improvement initiatives across the clinical, operational, economic, and financial domains. She has expertise in blending payer and provider data for population health initiatives and to achieve cost reductions, drive quality improvements, and meet complex regulatory requirements. She has extensive experience with evaluating, valuating, and deriving insights from healthcare technology systems while also serving as a key stakeholder and data-to-business translator.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Economics from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University.
She is a strong advocate for open collaboration and knowledge sharing, data literacy, and women and minorities in STEM. She is an active Board member of NM HIMSS. In her free time, she spends time with her husband, participates actively in Linkedin conversations, and attempts to garden.
Our Mission
TEDxABQ unlocks the creative & economic potential of New Mexicans through events that draw out inspiring ideas, generate meaningful connections and foster innovation.
Our History
TEDxABQ was formed by a team of volunteers in early 2010. Since then, we’ve hosted over 50 community events built around a passion for sharing great ideas. We believe strongly in the power of community, and we want you to be a part of it! Check our events page, partner with us, or volunteer.